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| [[Image:1950-06-Luxor-Booklet25th-p01.jpg|thumb|upright|Cover of the book celebrating [[Luxor]] 25 years]] | | [[Image:1950-06-Luxor-Booklet25th-p01.jpg|thumb|upright|Cover of the book celebrating [[Luxor]] 25 years]] |
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| + | The ''Luxor'' was founded in [[1925]] in Heidelberg by ''Heinrich Hebborn''. His young age avoided him to go in the WWI and he started working at a paper mill until, around 1921, he meet in Heidelberg ''Rudolph Weber'', a [[Kaweco]] shareholder, with which he began to collaborate becoming head of the Cologne branch. In 1925 he associated with a merchant of Jewish origins, ''Leo Boettigheimer'' (who later died in Auschwitz in 1943) and with a [[Kaweco]] agent, Heinrich Schlicksupp. The three together gave birth to ''"H. Hebborn & Co."''. |
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| Although the company official name was ''H. Hebborn & Co.'' it was universally known by the name of its main brand: [[Luxor]]; besides this, maintaining an inspiration to the themes of ancient Egypt, it also used as a sub-brand ''[[Sphinx]]''. In [[1938]], the company moved production facilities in Cologne. | | Although the company official name was ''H. Hebborn & Co.'' it was universally known by the name of its main brand: [[Luxor]]; besides this, maintaining an inspiration to the themes of ancient Egypt, it also used as a sub-brand ''[[Sphinx]]''. In [[1938]], the company moved production facilities in Cologne. |
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| Other well-known names for the models produced by the company are the following: ''[[Luxor Visible|Visible]]'', ''[[Luxor Grandvisible|Grandvisible]]'', ... | | Other well-known names for the models produced by the company are the following: ''[[Luxor Visible|Visible]]'', ''[[Luxor Grandvisible|Grandvisible]]'', ... |
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| + | The activities of the ''Luxor'' ended around the 70s with the acquisition by the [[Parker]] German branch, and today the brand is no more. |
− | The activities of the [[Luxor]] ended around the 70s with the acquisition by the [[Parker]] German branch, and today the brand is no more. | |
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| * [http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?/topic/205127-older-luxor-and-parker-sets] Discussion on FPN | | * [http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?/topic/205127-older-luxor-and-parker-sets] Discussion on FPN |
| * [https://forum.fountainpen.it/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=12237] Presentation of a [[Grandvisible]] in the forum | | * [https://forum.fountainpen.it/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=12237] Presentation of a [[Grandvisible]] in the forum |
| * [https://forum.fountainpen.it/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=20883] Presentation of a [[Visible]] in the forum | | * [https://forum.fountainpen.it/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=20883] Presentation of a [[Visible]] in the forum |
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| + | * [https://forum.fountainpen.it/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=24196] Presentation of a [[Luxor 71]] in the forum |
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| {{BrandData|Founder=Heinrich Hebborn|Place=Heidelberg|Date=1925|Country=DE|Fullname=H. Hebborn & Co.}} | | {{BrandData|Founder=Heinrich Hebborn|Place=Heidelberg|Date=1925|Country=DE|Fullname=H. Hebborn & Co.}} |
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